Albert Meyer, former physics professor and advocate for Mennonite education, dies at 90

Albert J. “Al” Meyer, retired assistant professor of physics, died Friday, July 31, at his home in Goshen, surrounded by his family. He was 90 years old.

Anna Bowman, retired social work professor and a founder of women’s studies program, dies at 90

Anna Bowman, associate professor emerita of social work and director emerita of women’s studies, died Saturday, July 4, at her residence in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. She was 90 years old.

Nick Lindsay, former assistant professor of English, dies at 92

Former Goshen College Assistant Professor of English Nicholas Cave Lindsay died June 18, 2020, in Statesboro, Georgia. He was 92 years old.

J.R. Burkholder, professor emeritus of religion, dies at 91

John Richard (J.R.) Burkholder, Goshen College Professor Emeritus of Religion, died in the early morning of Dec. 20, 2019, one day after his 91st birthday. 

Kennard Martin, GC’s longest-serving employee, dies at 78

Kennard Martin, 78, a groundsperson and longest-serving employee in the history of GC, died Aug. 29, 2019. Martin would have marked his 58th work anniversary this week.

Deb Detwiler, professor of music, dies at age 62

Dr. Debra Detwiler, Goshen College professor of music, died Monday, April 22, early in the morning at her home in Goshen. She was 62 years old and taught at the college for 20 years.

Tony Hurst, adjunct professor, dies at age 75

Gerald R. "Tony" Hurst, an adjunct professor at Goshen College, died peacefully at the Greenhouse Village Strawberry Fields Home Thursday, Feb. 14, in Goshen, at the age of 75.

Carolyn Schrock-Shenk, conflict studies professor, remembered for transformative effect on students

Goshen College Associate Professor of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies Carolyn Schrock-Shenk died early Wednesday morning, Feb. 6, 2019, after a brief hospitalization at the age of 63.

Gerhard Reimer, professor emeritus of German, dies at 90

Gerhard Johan Reimer, professor emeritus of German, died Jan. 1, 2019. He was 90 years old. Reimer taught German and occasionally Spanish at Goshen College from 1966-1994, and led eleven study abroad groups for the college’s Study-Service Term (SST) and Brethren Colleges Abroad (BCA) in Costa Rica and Germany.

Katherine Yutzy, professor emerita of nursing, dies at 91

Katherine “Kay” Yutzy associate professor emerita of nursing at Goshen College, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018, at the age of 91. She taught nursing at Goshen College in 1970, 1973-75 and from 1977 until her retirement in 1993.